nfslockd kernel module fails to load

[Alexander Leidinger]

Quoting Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel at gmail.com> (from Thu, 23 Apr  
2020 10:04:12 +0300):

> On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 08:30:08AM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
>> Quoting Konstantin Belousov <kostikbel at gmail.com> (from Thu, 23 Apr 2020
>> 09:19:08 +0300):
>>
>> > On Thu, Apr 23, 2020 at 08:08:09AM +0200, Alexander Leidinger wrote:
>> > > Hi,
>> > >
>> > > link_elf_obj: symbol xdr_free undefined
>> > > linker_load_file: /boot/kernel/nfslockd.ko - unsupported file type
>> > > KLD nfsd.ko: depends on nfslockd - not available or version mismatch
>> > > linker_load_file: /boot/kernel/nfsd.ko - unsupported file type
>> > >
>> > > The xdr kernel module is loaded.
>> >
>> > The following should help.
>>
>> >  /* So that loader and kldload(2) can find us, wherever we are.. */
>> > +MODULE_DEPEND(nfslockd, xdr, 1, 1, 1);
>> >  MODULE_DEPEND(nfslockd, krpc, 1, 1, 1);
>>
>> I thought MODULE_DEPEND is only a way to tell the loader / kldload that the
>> other module is to be loaded in case it is not in the kernel / loaded
>> already. Is this only a part of what it does and / or did this change and
>> now it is also needed so that a kernel module is able to resolve the
>> symbols? In my case the module is loaded already when I try to load the
>> nfslockd module.
>
> Did you tried the patch ?

I was trying it after asking the question. I confirm it works.

> You already said that the module was loaded.
>
> MODULE_DEPEND() handles symbol namespaces.

Since when is this the case (rough figure would be enough if someone  
knows it without looking it up)?

Bye,
Alexander.

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